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Iran
Focus
 Tehran, Iran,
Feb. 18 – A judge at Tehran’s
Appellate Court announced on Saturday that the Islamic Republic would
continue to issue death verdicts for juvenile delinquents “without
considering other available options”.
“Execution sentences will be issued to minors without considering other
options”, Ahmad Mozaffari told the state-run news agency
ILNA.
Mozaffari made the comments after Iranian courts
issued execution sentences to a 15 year old and 16 year old, the report said.
The judge said one minor was sentenced to execution recently, despite the
fact that examination by a government-appointed physician had shown that he
was suffering from a psychiatric disorder.
State-run press have identified the 15-year-old on
death row only by his first name Mohammad.
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